The involvement of immunoglobulin superfamily proteins in spermatogenesis and sperm-egg interaction

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-93

  Toshimori, Kiyotata ^a   Maekawa, Mamiko ^a   Ito, Chizuru ^a   Toyama, Yoshiro ^a   Suzuki Toyota, Fumie ^a   Saxena, Dinesh K ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Genetic Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Immunoglobulin superfamily protein; Infertility; Sperm egg interaction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CD147 ANTIGEN; CD150 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NECTIN 2; NECTIN 3; PROTEIN IZUMO; PROTEIN MC31; PROTEIN RA175; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; AZOOSPERMIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; FERTILIZATION; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; GLYCOSYLATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TESTIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 33748468547     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2006.00129.x     Document Type: Review

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